$3.7million World Electronic Sports Games announcement on starcitizenhelp

WESG have released additional information regarding the much anticipated $3.7million event taking place in Shanghai, China this December.​

Regional qualifiers will be taking place across four regions: Asia-Pacific, Europe & CIS, North & South America and South Africa & the Middle East. Each title will see a total of twenty-four teams participate in the finals, following the distribution below:

Dota 2

Counter-Strike

Starcraft 2

Hearthstone

China

1

1

1

1

Asia-Pacific

6

6

6

6

Europe and CIS

8

8

8

8

North and South Americas

6

6

6

6

Africa and the Middle East

3

3

3

3

Total

24

24

24

24

Organising the South African and Middle East qualifiers will be prominent tournament organisers StarLadder and ImbaTV, who will also be covering travelling and accommodation expenses for all participating teams. The top three teams from the regional qualifiers for each title will receive their respective prize money and a ticket to the WESG Grand-finals. Following is a breakdown of prize money to be had from the regional qualifiers for each of the titles:

Dota 2

Counter-Strike

Starcraft 2

Hearthstone

1st Place

￥200,000 (~$30,000)

￥200,000 (~$30,000)

￥80,000 (~$12,000)

￥80,000 (~$12,000)

2nd Place

￥120,000 (~$18,000)

￥120,000 (~$18,000)

￥40,000 (~$6,000)

￥40,000 (~$6,000)

3rd Place

￥60,000 (~$9,000)

￥60,000 (~$9,000)

￥20,000 (~$3,000)

￥20,000 (~$3,000)

4th Place

￥40,000 (~$6,000)

￥40,000 (~$6,000)

￥10,000 (~$1,500)

￥10,000 (~$1,500)

5th Place

￥20,000 (~$3,000)

￥20,000 (~$3,000)

￥8,000 (~$1,200)

￥8,000 (~$1,200)

6th Place

￥20,000 (~$3,000)

￥20,000 (~$3,000)

￥8,000 (~$1,200)

￥8,000 (~$1,200)

7th Place

￥20,000 (~$3,000)

￥20,000 (~$3,000)

￥8,000 (~$1,200)

￥8,000 (~$1,200)

8th Place

￥20,000 (~$3,000)

￥20,000 (~$3,000)

￥8,000 (~$1,200)

￥8,000 (~$1,200)

Total

￥500,000 (~$75,000)

￥500,000 (~$75,000)

￥182,000 (~$27,000)

￥182,000 (~$27,000)

The schedule for the South African and Middle East regional qualifiers will be as follows:

Registration – 5th-12th of August, 2016.

Online stage – 13th-14th of August, 2016.

Regional finals hosted in Dubai, UAE – 26th-28th of August, 2016.

The event will host regional qualifiers and tournaments across four eSports titles – Dota 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft and Starcraft 2. As mentioned previously, an aggregate $3,702,000 will be up for grabs across all four platforms, with the prize pool skewed towards more popular titles Dota 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. The full breakdown may be found below:

Dota 2

Counter-Strike

Starcraft 2

Hearthstone

1st Place

$800,000

$800,000

$200,000

$150,000

2nd Place

$400,000

$400,000

$100,000

$70,000

3rd Place

$200,000

$200,000

$50,000

$40,000

4th Place

$60,000

$60,000

$20,000

$20,000

5th Place

$10,000

$10,000

$8,000

$5,000

6th Place

$10,000

$10,000

$8,000

$5,000

7th Place

$10,000

$10,000

$8,000

$5,000

8th Place

$10,000

$10,000

$8,000

$5,000

Total

$1,500,000

$1,500,000

$402,000

$300,000

For more information on the tournament as it develops, stay tuned to GosuGamers.net.